Subfamily CHLOEPHORINAE
Family Noctuidae
This page contains pictures and information about moths and caterpillars in subfamily CHLOEPHORINAE that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
The moths in this subfamily are medium in size. Caterpillars have four pairs of prolegs.
- Transverse Moth
- Xanthodes transversa, caterpillar length 50mm, adult wingspan 30mm
- We sometimes find this Transverse Moths caterpillars on Hibiscus plants in our backyard. When small, the caterpillars are light green in colour. Later they develop yellow bands and black spots. The adult Transverse Moth is yellow in colour, with three brown arrow-shaped lines across each forewing. The back edges of the forewings are dark brown in colour. More pictures and information please click here.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p457.
